Events

Current Exhibitions
Ginkgo - Nature's Larder, Aberdeen

Solo Shows
2019 SPHAGNUM - Masters Show 2019, Gray's School of Art
2019 SPHAGNUM pre-Masters exhibition - Concourse Gallery, Sir Ian Wood Building, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
2018 ALLOTMENT and DIGITALIS (WIP) - the 2018 Masters Show, Gray's School of Art
2017/8 GINKGO - Rosemount Osteopathy Surgery, Aberdeen
2017 ROSE and SEED HEADS - NEOS, Garden Studio and exhibiton of work, Ferryhill, Aberdeen
2015 BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATIONS - Exhibition of ink and watercolour work, NEOS, at home in Ferryhill, Aberdeen
2011 SBA Diploma Portfolio ExhibItion of Botanical paintings, AGR, Aberdeen
2009 Abstract Seascapes, TRACS, Aberdeen
2008 Watercolour Abstract and Landscapes - NEOS, Studio and exhibition of work in Carport, Ferryhill, Aberdeen

Joint Exhibitions
2020 Society of Scottish Artists, 30 x 30 (online)
2020 WASPS Winter Exhibition (online)
2020 Gray’s Entrepreneurship Exhibition (online)
2019 Artists Open Studios exhibition, WASPS Langstane, Aberdeen.
2019 SPHAGNUM - MA Exposition 4, Gray's School of Art
2018 DIGITALIS - MA Exposition 3, Gray's School of Art
2018 Artists Open Studios and small works exhibition, WASPS Langstane, Aberdeen.
2017 SPHAGNUM (WIP) and other plants - MA Exposition 2, Gray's School of Art
2017 ROSE WHITE - MA Exposition 1, Gray's School of Art
2017 Catparade, Rotary Club, Aberdeen
2016-17 Photoghost, Aberdeen
2016 Under the Hammer, Aberdeen - WASPS artists joint exhibition
2013-15 BeeBomBee - GINKGO exhibition
2016 Northern Arts Club, Aberdeen - Annual Exhibition
2015 Arduthie Guest House, Stonehaven
2015 Pintar Rapido, Glasgow - street painter and exhibitor
2015 Art Aboyne - Annual Art Exhibition
2014 Under the Hammer, Aberdeen - WASPS artists joint exhibition
2014 Camphill Wellbeing Trust, Aberdeen

Residencies
David Welch Winter Gardens, Duthie Park, Aberdeen
2020 Artist in Residence for the Ginkgo biloba project and school children’s art projects in collaboration with the Park Rangers.

Publications
Ginkgo biloba – School How to Guide and video
2020 Aberdeen City Council
Online teaching materials for local school children in response to the Ginkgo Project in the Duthie Park winter gardens in Aberdeen.
How to paint an Orchid in Watercolour
2017 Artists and Illustrators Magazine
Step-by-step guide: paint a Physalis Plant
2017 Artists and Illustrators Magazine
Drawing Invertebrates presentation and video
2016 Aberdeen University

Demos, workshops and classes given

2020 Online teaching materials for local school children in response to the Ginkgo Project in the Duthie Park winter gardens in Aberdeen. See blog post
2019 Deeside Care Home, Cults, Aberdeen - Sphagnum moss talk and discussions
2018 Garthdee Farm Field Allotments AGM - Talk and discussions of art practice and allotment experience
2012-20 WASPS Artists Open Studios event, Langstane, Aberdeen, sketching in ink, botanical drawing and oil painting
2017 Woodend Barn, Freesia Botanical Painting Workshop for the Third Age Group.
2017 Upper Deeside Art Group, Aboyne, one day botanical workshop
2016-17 Rosemount Community Centre, Beginners Watercolour Painting Class
2015-17 Northern Arts Club, Botanical and Watercolour Painting Workshops, Classes and taster sessions
2017 Stonehaven Art Club, Demo and Kiwi fruit botanical painting workshop
2016 Aberdeen University, teaching 240 first year biology students to draw invertebrates in three half day sessions. Each session, working in a laboratory setting, with 80 students. All sessions were planned to utilise the multimedia cameras, projector, microscopes, visualiser and were recorded to be used for future years of student intake.
2016 Taxonomy Club, Aberdeen University, I was fortunate to be invited as the speaker and tutor for the inaugural opening of the taxonomy club attended by 130 biology students who were instructed on how to draw Pinus sylvestris cones and needles
2012-16 Family Festival various workshops
2015 Maritime Museum Aberdeen - Get Creative, two 1 day botanical painting workshops relating to the Jacobite symbols: The Rose, Oak and the Thistle
2014 Woodend Barn Poppy Botanical Painting workshop for the Third Age Group.
2014 'Clockwork' Botanicals Workshop, Zoology Building, Aberdeen University. Poppy themed to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War.
2013 - 8 botanical sketching and painting classes on for groups of 8-12 years, 13-18 years and adults, themed to coincide with the Lavendar project at the Barn over four weeks.
2012-16 Big Draw, various drawing workshops aimed at a family audience of all ages.
2010 AGR Group, Botanical drawing workshop
2010 Carron Art Group, Botanical drawing workshop how to draw nuts and seeds

Classes and Workshops
Fiona to host Botanical classes and workshops in her studio.
On invitation Fiona gives demonstrations and teaches drawing and painting at various art venues and art clubs throughout the North East of Scotland.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Fiona has delayed hosting Botanical classes and workshops in her studio or taking bookings for demonstrations and other guest lecture sessions until 2022.

Solo Shows pre-2010
2009 Abstract Seascapes, TRACS, Aberdeen
2008 Watercolour Abstract and Landscapes - NEOS, Studio and exhibition of work in Carport, Ferryhill, Aberdeen

Joint Exhibitions pre-2010
2009 TRUST - Limousine Bull Artists Collective, Aberdeen at Drum Castle, Drumoak
2009 ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES water media on board - MacMillan Cancer Research Art Exhibition, Satrosphere, Aberdeen
2009 LANDSCAPES and PORTRAIT water media on paper - Limousine Bull joint exhibition, Musa, Aberdeen
2008 BOTANICAL PRINTS - Annual Christmas Exhibition, Peacocks Visual Arts, Aberdeen
2008 ABSTRACT water media on board and paper - See•Salt+Sound Festival Exhibition, Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen
2007 BELOW THE LIGHTHOUSE Series, Abstract water-based Seascapes, Bridgeview Gallery
2007 HIDDEN DEPTHS, Multi panelled water-based work “Piracy” Limousine Bull , Deemount Centre, Aberdeen
2007 Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Grampian Hospitals Arts Trust Small Works Exhibition.
2006 Life Drawing Exhibition, Limousine Bull Artists Collective, Aberdeen
2005 Watercolour Landscapes, Stonehaven Art Club - Annual Exhibition
2004 Watercolour Seascapes, Stonehaven Library - Stonehaven Art Group Exhibition